What are your final Impressions of Colloquium? What changes would you make to the course? What assignments would you keep or discard? What readings did you like or dislike and why? What suggestions for activities or field trips do you have?
Colloquim. Although it was fun, I found it rather pointless. I am not a nature person. I am no interested in it at all. My major has nothing to do with it. What changes would I make? I would make all the field trips to indoor places like Chuck E Cheeses or Cicis pizza. I would make the course not a requirement for all students. I disliked all the readings because they were all depressing and made me want to slit my wrists. The course needs a bright side to it. I always come out of class crying over how we are all screwed. We need more material on how we ARE being sustainable.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Experiences, Questions, Considerations, Observations, etc. This entry allows you to choose what you want to write about or sketch. The only requirement is that it must pertain to the natural world. You can do another entry similar to any of those described above, you can tell me about an experience, you can create a picture, poem, song, or story, and the list goes on. Maybe interview a family member or friend and get their perspective on sustainability, expand on some other ideas. Be creative and express yourself in a way that is meaningful to you.
Now it is nearing the end of class and i am left with one question - what is sense of place? I still do not understand it. I mean I understand, but what is the importance of it? What is the importance of this class? Is it only required in order for FGCU to have a squaky clean image as it bulldozes over various habitats of native species? I am not interested in this at all and this class could have been replaced by a course from my major.
Now it is nearing the end of class and i am left with one question - what is sense of place? I still do not understand it. I mean I understand, but what is the importance of it? What is the importance of this class? Is it only required in order for FGCU to have a squaky clean image as it bulldozes over various habitats of native species? I am not interested in this at all and this class could have been replaced by a course from my major.
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The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century. You will be assigned to read this document and participate in an in-class discussion pertaining to how it relates to all that we’ve been learning. After the reading and in-class discussion, I would like you to reflect on your personal thoughts about the document and what it implies for those of us living in the United States. What connections do you recognize between the ideas being proposed in The Earth Charter and what we have learned in this class? Include details about what you’re relating such as specific readings, specific activities, field experiences, specific discussions, etc. Is the earth charter realistic? For individuals? Communities? Cities? Nations?
I think that this article is vital for us to incorporate into our national agenda. It says that the united states must make drastic measures to go green. The idea of preserving the land around you and saving the earth are alike in the earth charter and colliquiem.It says that the united states must make drastic measures to go green. The earth charter is hopeful but not realisic for our nation. It will be realisitc on an individual and community scale, but we can never achieve any bigger goals.
I think that this article is vital for us to incorporate into our national agenda. It says that the united states must make drastic measures to go green. The idea of preserving the land around you and saving the earth are alike in the earth charter and colliquiem.It says that the united states must make drastic measures to go green. The earth charter is hopeful but not realisic for our nation. It will be realisitc on an individual and community scale, but we can never achieve any bigger goals.
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Reflect on the movie “Renewal” that we watched in class. What impressed you about these religious groups? How does religion and spirituality relate to protecting the environment for us and future generations? How do your personal beliefs relate? How can religion and spirituality help us connect with nature?
These religious groups are hypocrites. They are all over this green conservationist movement now that it has been thrown into the limelight. The only reason that they are doing it is to gain members and further the income of the church. But, uh, I guess it excites religious fanatics to actually take a look at reality and protect it instead of just living this life as if the one in their next life is going to be so much better.
These religious groups are hypocrites. They are all over this green conservationist movement now that it has been thrown into the limelight. The only reason that they are doing it is to gain members and further the income of the church. But, uh, I guess it excites religious fanatics to actually take a look at reality and protect it instead of just living this life as if the one in their next life is going to be so much better.
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Canoe Trip at FGCU Marine Lab - During the course of the class, we will embark on off-campus field experiences. Provide a reflection of your experience for each field trip. This entry is a personal reflection that should capture how you felt, what you enjoyed, what you may not have enjoyed, etc. What were your impressions of this mangrove estuary? What value does this habitat have? Why is it important to protect coastal areas? Reflect on your experiences.
During this trip, I learned how to get in a canoe. When seating three people in a canoe, the middle person must always step in first, ever so careful not to tip the boat. Only, and ONLY when the middle person is in, then the others may enter.
I saw some mangroves. We learned the differences between them. There are red black and brown ones. Also there are dead oysters in the water. This is very valuable, one of which no man can put a price on. You cant just go buy a Mangrove preserve. So it is important to protect these areas.
During this trip, I learned how to get in a canoe. When seating three people in a canoe, the middle person must always step in first, ever so careful not to tip the boat. Only, and ONLY when the middle person is in, then the others may enter.
I saw some mangroves. We learned the differences between them. There are red black and brown ones. Also there are dead oysters in the water. This is very valuable, one of which no man can put a price on. You cant just go buy a Mangrove preserve. So it is important to protect these areas.
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Take another walking trip around your neighborhood and record/reflect on what you see - has your perspective changed any since beginning this course? Can you add any details to your map, identify species? Is your neighborhood sustainable? What features support wildlife? Any signs of green building or sustainable design?
Upon my second journey around my neighborhood, I was pleasently surprised to see that absolutly nothing has changed. Everything looks exactly the same. But you ask, how has my perspective changed? I realize that the garbage that has just been tossed out of the car passing me will last billions of years. I realise that the way we live can not possibly be sustained. We need to mow down all of these buildings and live in tents. That is the only answer. There have been no changes. NO CHANGES! And I have gone through this entire course to see what has changed. And what, nothing? I do not see things I have not seen before. What is there that lies beyond, and I ask of you, what do you see?
Upon my second journey around my neighborhood, I was pleasently surprised to see that absolutly nothing has changed. Everything looks exactly the same. But you ask, how has my perspective changed? I realize that the garbage that has just been tossed out of the car passing me will last billions of years. I realise that the way we live can not possibly be sustained. We need to mow down all of these buildings and live in tents. That is the only answer. There have been no changes. NO CHANGES! And I have gone through this entire course to see what has changed. And what, nothing? I do not see things I have not seen before. What is there that lies beyond, and I ask of you, what do you see?
18. Calculate your Ecological Footprint - Take the Quiz
http://sustainability.publicradio.org/consumerconsequences/ Reflect on the results. What is your score? How many Planet Earths? Reflect on what this means to you and your family. Evaluate your lifestyle and your family's lifestyle? What changes are you/they willing to make in your/their lifestyle to promote a sustainable planet? What do you think about these results? Will you change the way you live? How?
My score was 5. It took 25 Planet Earths to sustain my all-american habits. What does this mean? It means we need to stay on top! America can not become so low life chum bucket that makes up most of the third world country. If we take all the energy, then we can live any way we want! Once we use up all the energy on Earth, We can then focus on creating the space vessel that will caryy mankind into the great beyond. We should sail right into the sun, sacraficing ourselves for mother earth, for that is the only way that we can save her.
But today we can make changes. I am willing to wipe my feet before I enter the house. I am willing to shut the door, to conserve my crisp A/C. The resusts? Psh, some crazy website cant scare me. Im not goingto do anything to change the way I live. No one else is going to either. No matter how many people decide to go "green", they will always be outnumbered by the amount of people who dont care.
My score was 5. It took 25 Planet Earths to sustain my all-american habits. What does this mean? It means we need to stay on top! America can not become so low life chum bucket that makes up most of the third world country. If we take all the energy, then we can live any way we want! Once we use up all the energy on Earth, We can then focus on creating the space vessel that will caryy mankind into the great beyond. We should sail right into the sun, sacraficing ourselves for mother earth, for that is the only way that we can save her.
But today we can make changes. I am willing to wipe my feet before I enter the house. I am willing to shut the door, to conserve my crisp A/C. The resusts? Psh, some crazy website cant scare me. Im not goingto do anything to change the way I live. No one else is going to either. No matter how many people decide to go "green", they will always be outnumbered by the amount of people who dont care.
17. Fuel:
Record your total mileage for the day, where you went and the mileage to get there. Record the number of people in the car with you. DETERMINE YOUR GAS MILEAGE. ESTIMATE your total miles driven per year (you can take the current odometer reading and divide by the age of your car). DETERMINE THE TOTAL CARBON OUTPUT OF YOUR CAR for the day and for the year (Go to www.fueleconomy.gov for this number). Reflect on your fuel usage. Do you make sustainable choices? Do you try and conserve fuel usage when possible?
Today I went to Naples and it is about 25 miles to my friends house. My gas mileage was about 25 mpg. Per Year, I probably drive over 9,000 miles back and forth in between Naples and Ft. Myers. For the day, my car out puts about 10 metric units of carbon sulfer into the atmosphere according to the Thesinburg method of computing carbon output in motor vehicles. Equally, my car outputs about 3,600 tons of carbon into the atmosphere per year.
Upon reflecting on my usage of the planet's last remaining fossil fuels, I take a moment of silence and quietly shed a tear, for this planet is dying. We are raping it of its riches and throwing it back in our mothers face. No, No I do not make sustainable choices. No, I do not try and conserve fuel usage when possible. Why is this? Because in my vacuum of a planet I like to call America, there will always be more gas. USA!
Today I went to Naples and it is about 25 miles to my friends house. My gas mileage was about 25 mpg. Per Year, I probably drive over 9,000 miles back and forth in between Naples and Ft. Myers. For the day, my car out puts about 10 metric units of carbon sulfer into the atmosphere according to the Thesinburg method of computing carbon output in motor vehicles. Equally, my car outputs about 3,600 tons of carbon into the atmosphere per year.
Upon reflecting on my usage of the planet's last remaining fossil fuels, I take a moment of silence and quietly shed a tear, for this planet is dying. We are raping it of its riches and throwing it back in our mothers face. No, No I do not make sustainable choices. No, I do not try and conserve fuel usage when possible. Why is this? Because in my vacuum of a planet I like to call America, there will always be more gas. USA!
16 Power
For 24 hours, list each time you use electricity. Include the alarm clock, ceiling fans, A/C, heater, hot water heater for showers, dishwasher, laundry, microwave, computer, cell phone or other electronic device chargers, etc. Indicate the time you used the item, including 24 hours (for the clocks, etc.). RECORD THE METER READING of your electric meter, if you have access to it, 24 hours apart, to find out how much total electricity you use in a day. RECORD THE POWER COMPANY’S NAME. ASK THEM HOW THEY GENERATE THE ELECTRICITY AND RECORD IT (this may involve making a phone call or doing research online). Reflect on your energy usage. Do you make sustainable choices? Do you try to conserve energy when possible?
100 wats of electricty used
Alarm Clock.1pm
Fan. 1:12pm
Faucet. 1:13pm
Toilet. 1:16pm
Computer. 2:40pm
Toilet. 2:44pm
Computer. 3:30pm
Toilet. 3:33pm
Computer. 4:00pm
Time Machine.4:05pm
Toilet.1:00pm
Computer.1:05pm
Microwave.3:00pm
Faucet.3:05pm
Computer.10pm
after.... 100000 wats of electricity used.
Comcast power company.They told me that ways to save on power is to not use the computer... ever. As well, they also said that I should shut off the lights more often, and make sure to leave my doors closed. I always forget to leave my doors closed. I guess that it saves money to close doors. AC or something.
100 wats of electricty used
Alarm Clock.1pm
Fan. 1:12pm
Faucet. 1:13pm
Toilet. 1:16pm
Computer. 2:40pm
Toilet. 2:44pm
Computer. 3:30pm
Toilet. 3:33pm
Computer. 4:00pm
Time Machine.4:05pm
Toilet.1:00pm
Computer.1:05pm
Microwave.3:00pm
Faucet.3:05pm
Computer.10pm
after.... 100000 wats of electricity used.
Comcast power company.They told me that ways to save on power is to not use the computer... ever. As well, they also said that I should shut off the lights more often, and make sure to leave my doors closed. I always forget to leave my doors closed. I guess that it saves money to close doors. AC or something.
15. Packaging:
List all portable items you purchase or otherwise handle each day, and the packaging they came in. This will take some imagination. For example, you handle textbooks each day – they came to you in a bag with advertising cards; you get your mail, some useful, some junk – count the useful vs. junk; you listen to your MP3 player, you call on your cell phone – did you get it in a box, or in a clear plastic package with cardboard/Styrofoam insert? Did your lunch come in a Styrene or Styrofoam box? Or wrapped in paper that was then put in a bag? Reflect on your list. How much energy and water went into producing this packaging? Is it sustainable? Do you make sustainable choices when shopping for your products?
Phone.
Mp3 Player.
Xbox.
Computer.
Books.
Action Figures.
Gun.
Swords.
Cool shoes.
Guitar.
Upon research into the packaging used on these products, they use about 100000 watts of energy to produce, and about 200 lbs of water. The packaging of my Mp3 player is actually made out of a newly discovered element, Detoxomine Theobromide. It has been discovered that at least 90% of the global production industrial complex use Detoxomine Theobromide in their products, and even worse, they burn 700 tons of the chemical every day in order to produce more of the element.
Upon further research I found out that this miracle element's atomic variance has the slowest half life of any known element. Wow! Once disposed of, this element will be left to decay for over 9,000 years. This element is extremely hard to get rid of. It can only be burned when ones lasers are fully charged and blasted into the nucleous of the element, yet upon combustion it releases toxic gasses into the thermal layer of the stratosphere. In effect, these toxic gasses then go on to calcify into acid rain. Worst of all, this acid rain has the chemical structure to turn baby duck nests into burning rubber tires.
These are not energy efficient. I tend to be lured towards products that are as least energy efficient as possible, and that is the way i like it. I mean it would take up far too much of my free time to figure out the costs of the packaging that my item comes in, I really dont think we can get Americans to think of these things. I dont want to be formulating algebraic equations in walmart to figure out which mp3 player is the most sustainable.
Phone.
Mp3 Player.
Xbox.
Computer.
Books.
Action Figures.
Gun.
Swords.
Cool shoes.
Guitar.
Upon research into the packaging used on these products, they use about 100000 watts of energy to produce, and about 200 lbs of water. The packaging of my Mp3 player is actually made out of a newly discovered element, Detoxomine Theobromide. It has been discovered that at least 90% of the global production industrial complex use Detoxomine Theobromide in their products, and even worse, they burn 700 tons of the chemical every day in order to produce more of the element.
Upon further research I found out that this miracle element's atomic variance has the slowest half life of any known element. Wow! Once disposed of, this element will be left to decay for over 9,000 years. This element is extremely hard to get rid of. It can only be burned when ones lasers are fully charged and blasted into the nucleous of the element, yet upon combustion it releases toxic gasses into the thermal layer of the stratosphere. In effect, these toxic gasses then go on to calcify into acid rain. Worst of all, this acid rain has the chemical structure to turn baby duck nests into burning rubber tires.
These are not energy efficient. I tend to be lured towards products that are as least energy efficient as possible, and that is the way i like it. I mean it would take up far too much of my free time to figure out the costs of the packaging that my item comes in, I really dont think we can get Americans to think of these things. I dont want to be formulating algebraic equations in walmart to figure out which mp3 player is the most sustainable.
14. Conservation 20/20 -
Visit http://www.conservation2020.org/index.cfm and learn about this program. In your own words, provide an overview of this program and its purpose. Is this the first time you have heard of the program? Besides Matanzas Pass Preserve which you visited during this class, have you been to any of the preserves acquired through this program? Do you think you will visit any of these preserves in the future? Do you know of similar programs existing elsewhere? What are your thoughts on using tax dollars for land preservation?
This is a program that was put togeather in order to protect the natural surroundings in Lee County from being over developed. Yes this is the first time that i have ever heard of this program. I have never been to any other of the preserves aquired by this program. Yes the preserves sound like a rootin tootin time and I will make sure to visit them in the future. I know that in collier county there are activists trying to save plants and things from being developed. I think its a good idea to used tax dollars to preserve land. I think we should build our buildings closer togeather and more like a city to save space as well.
This is a program that was put togeather in order to protect the natural surroundings in Lee County from being over developed. Yes this is the first time that i have ever heard of this program. I have never been to any other of the preserves aquired by this program. Yes the preserves sound like a rootin tootin time and I will make sure to visit them in the future. I know that in collier county there are activists trying to save plants and things from being developed. I think its a good idea to used tax dollars to preserve land. I think we should build our buildings closer togeather and more like a city to save space as well.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Urban Fort Myers and Southwest Florida Historical Museum During the course of the class, we will embark on off-campus field experiences. Provide a reflection of your experience for each field trip. This entry is a personal reflection that should capture how you felt, what you enjoyed, what you may not have enjoyed, etc. What were your impressions of the downtown area and the museum? What impacted you the most during the field experience? How would you redesign Fort Myers and encourage more community engagement? Reflect on your experiences.
The Film day of the dead was filmed in downtown Ft Myers. When we went on the field trip, I got to see all of the money shots where the film was made. The downtown area was great. I loved the museum, I loved learning about giant sloths that ones roamed the great Fort Myers. The Shark was cool. I liked the alien exhibit. Also we learned that there are way too many palm trees in Ft Myers. Why do people go to this length to collect palm trees? I would make Ft Myers one HUGe building that reaches to the heavens. And then surround it with fire and sharks. Then I am sure people would come to visit. Also I would hold cool events there and make it not so lame.
Field Trip#4 Estero Bay Historic Cottage and Matanzas Pass Preserve
During the course of the class, we will embark on off-campus field experiences. Provide a reflection of your experience for each field trip. This entry is a personal reflection that should capture how you felt, what you enjoyed, what you may not have enjoyed, etc. What were your impressions of this field trip? What did you think of the history lecture? What did you think of the boardwalk?
This was a great field trip. I learned so much history on Ft Myers, and it is really interesting to learn the past behind the areas taht we see everyday. I enjoyed every part of the speech that the lady gave us in the historic cottage. It was very interesting to hear about the different people that lived here in the past and to see pictures such as the construction of the bridge. The board walk was great as well, and gave us an upclose look at the mangroves. I can finally distinguish between the different types.
During the course of the class, we will embark on off-campus field experiences. Provide a reflection of your experience for each field trip. This entry is a personal reflection that should capture how you felt, what you enjoyed, what you may not have enjoyed, etc. What were your impressions of this field trip? What did you think of the history lecture? What did you think of the boardwalk?
This was a great field trip. I learned so much history on Ft Myers, and it is really interesting to learn the past behind the areas taht we see everyday. I enjoyed every part of the speech that the lady gave us in the historic cottage. It was very interesting to hear about the different people that lived here in the past and to see pictures such as the construction of the bridge. The board walk was great as well, and gave us an upclose look at the mangroves. I can finally distinguish between the different types.
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